Android 2.0 screenshot walkthrough — We hope you Android lovers out there are sitting down, because we're about to knock your socks off. Android 2.0 hasn't been released, announced, or even pictured. Until now. And we're doing it like we're doing it for TV — major screenshots …

The Rise & Fall of a Billionaire Technology Hedge Fund Guru — About 15 years ago, as a young reporter covering the semiconductor industry for a newswire, I met a man called Raj Rajaratnam. At that time he was not only an influential semiconductor analyst at Needham & Co., but also president of the brokerage firm.

IBM, Intel execs arrested over alleged insider trading — Hedge fund and McKinsey men too — Executives from IBM and Intel have been arrested amid allegations they were involved in an insider trading scam. — According to a report from the Associated Press, six people were arrested today …

YouTube's Bandwidth Bill Is Zero. Welcome to the New Net — YouTube may pay less to be online than you do, a new report on internet connectivity suggests, calling into question a recent analysis arguing Google's popular video service is bleeding money and demonstrating how the internet has continued to morph to fit user's behavior.

Sneaky Microsoft plug-in puts Firefox users at risk — Patches critical bug, exploitable because of add-on silently slipped into Firefox last February — Computerworld - An add-on that Microsoft silently slipped into Mozilla's Firefox last February leaves the browser open to attack …

Street View: We can trike wherever you like — With Street View on Google Maps, you can take a virtual drive over the Golden Gate Bridge or see the bustle of Times Square from the comfort of your own home. But some of the country's most interesting and fun places aren't accessible with our Street View car.

Performance showdown: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard — As someone who uses both platforms for work and personal entertainment, I've been wanting to do a performance comparison between Windows 7 and Mac OS X since I first got my hands on the Windows 7 RTM (the final build of the OS) …

BlackBerry Thinks You're All MotherF*ckers — Hey there. It's me, with another apology. I'm sorry we didn't review the BlackBerry Storm 2. It's because RIM doesn't care about you guys. — It's been total radio silence from them regarding a review unit, so we're late with a review.

Digg/WeFollow: Understanding User Influence — As some of you may have read overnight, Digg and WeFollow (a Twitter directory where users can add themselves under a specific category) will now be more closely linked as we experiment with user influence as it applies to the Twitter universe.

Security boss calls for end to net anonymity — Kaspersky's online police state — The CEO of Russia's No. 1 anti-virus package has said that the internet's biggest security vulnerability is anonymity, calling for mandatory internet passports that would work much like driver licenses do in the offline world.

YouTube Launches Real-Time Discussion Search and Tracking — Real-time information is red hot all around the web but it made a surprise appearance on YouTube tonight in the form of real-time search for comments, of all things. YouTube comments are notoriously not worth reading, but now you can search their full text...in real time.

MySpace Close To Spinning Off Photobucket — News Corp., via MySpace, acquired photo/video sharing site Photobucket back in 2007 for $250 million, plus a $50 million earnout. We've now learned through a source with knowledge of the deal that MySpace is in the process of selling at least a majority interest in Photobucket.

PayChoice Suffers Another Data Breach — Payroll services provider PayChoice took its Web-based service offline for the second time in a month on Wednesday in response to yet another data breach caused by hackers. — Moorestown, N.J. based PayChoice, provides direct payroll processing services …

DanceJam Finds A Buyer — DanceJam, a dance video startup founded by MC Hammer, Geoffrey Arone and Anthony Young in April 2007, will soon be acquired by Purevideo Networks, we've heard from multiple sources. Note: I am a small stockholder in DanceJam, although the company won't comment to me about this at all.

Verizon releases the Samsung Omnia II on 1 November? — Published on: Today by PhoneArena Team — Last week we told you that the Samsung Omnia II looked rather conspicuous by its absence in the latest rebate sheet of Verizon and that we expected to see the device hit the shelves sometime around the Black Friday.

Bacardi Rum, 80 Million Bucks and Facebook — Bacardi recently launched its latest campaign, called “Islands,” which is poised to make a splash (pun intended) in the world of social media — but in the end, what is the company trying to accomplish? Like any successful marketing campaign …